CVEvulnerability
CVE-2007-5585
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2007-10-19
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
Description
xscreensaver 5.03 and earlier, when running without xscreensaver-gl-extras (GL extras) installed, crashes when /usr/bin/xscreensaver-gl-helper does not exist and a user attempts to unlock the screen, which allows attackers with physical access to gain access to the locked session.
Affected configurations
• xscreensaver xscreensaver 5.03
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27392 secunia.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26204 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=336331 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00336.html www.redhat.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27392 secunia.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26204 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=336331 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00336.html www.redhat.com